Revisiting Myself I: Observations: Feelings in the gothic sensibility. (The writer is now a successful college graduate and doctoral student in folklore. The Artist is now a successful college graduate and professional ...

Capping is graduation; in New Zealand it consists of both formal ceremonies and a festival of ludic events produced by undergraduates. This study examines capping at one New Zealand university from 1902 to 1988, with ...

The purpose of this dissertation is to evaluate the link between the contents of a major art form, the proverb, and ethnographic reality vis a vis honor and shame in Arab culture. The emphasis is on the context of cultural ...

Preliminary Observations Regarding the Spontaneous Shrines Following the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001. An examination of the creation, iconography, and documentation, of spontaneous shrines at the sites of ...

The oral life-story is a flexible genre that allows one to connect the private with the public world. It is a window that allows the world to catch a glimpse of the personal experiences and values of the ordinary person. ...

As a contextual referent to the study of topical humor, the author has updated his 1989 article which we reprint with permission from Southern Folklore 46:1 (1989), pp. 15-39. The reader is advised to read the original ...